By The SUN
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| Lo says the sucess of the HK Sevens does not mean the city can now ease Covid rules (File) |
Health Secretary Lo Chung-ma has again put his foot firmly down on any further easing of Covid rules for travelers, at least for now.
"We have reiterated many
times, Hong Kong's epidemic policy is not based on one or two events, and not
based on one or two persons' opinions. We look at different data as a whole and
how the pandemic develops globally," said Lo.
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In addition, he said the success
of the Hong Kong Sevens was not enough to show that the city is now prepared
for a full relaxation of pandemic rules.
"It is not only
one or two events that could decide the government's anti-epidemic
policies," he said, "we have to take the overall circumstances into
consideration."
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"We could see the
number of arrivals in Hong Kong has risen by more than three times as
authorities have abolished the suspension mechanism of flights and shortened
the entry quarantine periods this year," he said.
Meanwhile, health
officials reported on Sunday that they had recorded 6,575 new Covid infections,
of which 467 were imported cases.
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The caseload marked a
jump of more than 800 from the 5,723 recorded on Saturday.
Nine Covid patients
were reported to have died yesterday.
The news came as one
of the government’s pandemic adviser, David Hui, said he doesn’t think Hong
Kong will see another surge in coronavirus cases.
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Hui pointed out that the
daily caseload has been stable recently, with the tally ranging between 4,000
and 5,000.
This indicated that
the reproductive number of the virus has been lower than one, said Hui. With
the vaccination rate gradually rising, he said the changes of another surge “are
very slim.”
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As such, he suggested
that the number of compulsory PCR tests for new arrivals can be reduced. Right
now, all inbound travelers are required to under PCR tests on arrival and on
days 2, 4 and 6 afterwards.
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